A British author arrested in Singapore on charges of criminal defamation and contempt of court for a book on the death penalty has been released on a S$10,000 (£4500) bail.
Alan Shadrake, a 75-year-old freelance journalist who frequently travels between Britain and Malaysia, was freed from a Singapore police complex where he was kept since his arrest at a hotel on Sunday.
"I'm feeling pretty shaken at the moment," he said the police complex. More...
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